“Even at a very young age she could apply her own make-up perfectly. She was
always fun and outgoing and made everyone laugh. She was a natural
entertainer.

“Samantha had a lovely voice but she always took her studies very seriously
and was determined to do something worthwhile with her life.

“Her family, her career and being taken seriously were always the things that
mattered most to her.”

Samantha and graphic artist Jamie, in particular, have remained on good terms
with their famous sibling and her brothers and often meet up when the star
returns to Barbados for family visits or official functions.

Today Ronald says he is incredibly proud of all six of his children.

He has revealed how Rihanna was just three when she first sat in front of a
mirror using a hairbrush as a microphone and sang.

“She was always such a live-wire, full of fun and laughter,” he recalled.

“I can still see her, sitting there, holding a hairbrush and singing away
for all she was worth.”